Isaiah's Daughter by Mesu Andrews

Isaiah's Daughter by Mesu Andrews is Ms. Andrews newest novel from the history of the Bible.  Ms. Andrews writes beautifully of the characters from the Bible remaining true to the Bible as well as written history but then brings their story to life in the novel format.  I love how this author tells the Biblical story of these women and shows their importance and strength while living their life as God had planned it.

Judah had bowed to the pagan gods of the people who surrounded them.  The king openly worshiped the wooden and golden idols of the times instead of the one true God, Yahweh.  But King Ahaz had a son who was the 2nd born son who studied under Isaiah, God's prophet. Hezekiah was learning the law and was learning to love and trust the one true God, Yahweh.  His friend, Hephzibah, was also learning the law as daughter of the prophet, Isaiah.  These 2 loved and married each other and ruled the Jewish kingdom during the time that Assyria was attacking Judah after Israel had already succumbed to idol worship and had been overtaken.  Hezekiah torn down the high places and Judah had resumed worship of Yahweh.

This book beautifully tells the love story between Hezekiah and Hephzibah as well as telling the history of our Old Testament story contained within the section of the Bible know as Kings and Isaiah.  I love how this author tells the story in such an interesting way only adding to the story where necessary for clarity, continuity and interest.  She begins her novel with a character list which defines which characters are added or named when unnamed and their title or purpose in the story.  Then she tells the story of Hezekiah and Hephzibah's journey of faith with the assistance of Isaiah.  Read this book if you have trouble reading or understanding the Old Testament stories--this book will bring the story alive and increase your interest of Bible study.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.